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Bernard Madoff exits Manhattan federal court Tuesday in New York. Bernard Madoff will plead guilty Thursday to 11 criminal counts including money laundering, perjury and securities, mail and wire fraud and will do so without a plea deal, knowing it carries a potential prison term of 150 years, lawyers said Tuesday in court. (AP Photo/ Louis Lanzano)

Madoff will plead guilty, could face 150 years

By Larry Neumeister and Tom Hays · Wednesday, March 11,2009 10:49 a.m.

NEW YORK — Bernard Madoff could be facing his final hours of freedom after acknowledging that he will plead guilty to charges that he engineered one of the largest investment scams in U.S. history and was ready to face a prison sentence of up to 150 years.

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Yale student sues airline for $1M over lost Xbox

Wednesday, March 11,2009 10:38 a.m.

CINCINNATI — A Yale University student from Ohio has filed a lawsuit seeking $1 million from US Airways for a video game console he says was taken from his luggage.

A police forensic expert works outside a car dealership, where a shooting incident took place Wednesday in Wendlingen, southern Germany. A 17-year-old gunman, dressed in black, opened fire at his former high school in southwestern Germany, killing at least 15 people before police shot him to death, state officials said. Nine students and three teachers were among the dead, State Interior Minister Heribert Rech said.

Teen dead after killing 15 at German school

By Oliver Schmale · Wednesday, March 11,2009 10:29 a.m.

WINNENDEN, Germany — A 17-year-old gunman dressed in black opened fire at his former high school in southwestern Germany on Wednesday then fled in a hijacked a car, killing at least 15 people before police shot him to death, state officials said.

In this Feb. 28, 2005 file photo, John Demjanjuk arrives at the federal building in Cleveland for an immigration hearing. German prosecutors said Wednesday they have charged retired Ohio auto worker John Demjanjuk with more than 29,000 counts of accessory to murder for his time as a guard at the Nazis' Sobibor death camp, and will seek his extradition from the U.S.

Ohio man charged 29,000 times for role as Nazi camp guard

By David Rising · Wednesday, March 11,2009 10:20 a.m.

BERLIN — German prosecutors said Wednesday they have charged retired Ohio auto worker John Demjanjuk with more than 29,000 counts of accessory to murder for his time as a guard at the Nazis' Sobibor death camp, and will seek his extradition from the U.S.

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Leaders unite after 3rd slaying

Tuesday, March 10,2009 11:51 p.m.

The Catholic and Protestant leaders of Northern Ireland’s coalition government jointly pledged to crush Irish Republican Army dissidents in an exceptional show of unity Tuesday after the third killing in two days claimed by an IRA splinter group.

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Long in brig, alleged Al-Qaida agent in US court

Tuesday, March 10,2009 11:49 p.m.

Alleged Al-Qaida sleeper agent Ali al-Marri, smiling and seemingly relaxed, appeared in federal court Tuesday to face terror charges – his first time outside a nearby military brig in more than five years.

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10 shot, killed in south Alabama

Tuesday, March 10,2009 10:17 p.m.

SAMSON, Ala. – A gunman went on a shooting spree in two neighboring south Alabama towns Tuesday, killing nine people before he shot himself at a metals plant, authorities said.

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China says activity by US ship illegal

Tuesday, March 10,2009 9:02 a.m.

BEIJING — China has rejected a United States accusation that a U.S. Navy mapping ship was harassed by Chinese vessels in the South China Sea, saying the American ship was breaking international laws.

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Support for Hawaii civil union vote wavering

Monday, March 9,2009 11:32 p.m.

The drive to make Hawaii the fifth state in the country to allow same-sex civil unions is on the verge of failing, despite support from most state lawmakers.

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North Korea puts troops on alert, warns of war

Monday, March 9,2009 11:31 p.m.

 North Korea put its troops on alert and cut the last hot line to Seoul on Monday as the American and South Korean militaries began joint maneuvers. The communist regime warned that even the slightest provocation could trigger war.

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Iraq’s women’s minister to withdraw resignation

Monday, March 9,2009 11:30 p.m.

Iraq’s state minister for women’s affairs said Monday she plans to withdraw her resignation after receiving pledges from aid organizations to help improve women’s lives.

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Obama overturns Bush policy on stem cells

Monday, March 9,2009 11:29 p.m.

Reversing Bush policy, President Barack Obama on Monday cleared the way for a significant increase in federal dollars for embryonic stem cell research and promised no scientific data will be “distorted or concealed to serve a political agenda.”

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Former USF football player lost at sea is mourned

Sunday, March 8,2009 8:29 p.m.

A week after two NFL players and two of their friends sailed into the Gulf of Mexico on a fishing trip that turned disastrous, family, friends and the lone survivor paid tribute to one of the missing men.

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Israel says Iran now able to build nuclear weapons

Sunday, March 8,2009 8:27 p.m.

Iran is now capable of producing atomic weapons, Israel’s top military intelligence officer said Sunday, sounding the highest-level warning that Israel’s arch-enemy has achieved independent nuclear capability.

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